First pulmonary vein isolation/Maze procedure using the EPICOR Cardiac Ablation system in Singapore and Asia

Record number of 16 patients supported on Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenator (ECMO) Record number of six heart transplantations and one lung transplantation done since the revised Human Organ Transplant Act was implemented in July 2004

First tourist-in-transit to be implemented with a life-saving left and right heart assist device in Singapore. Also the first patient supported by such a device to be transported over 6,000 miles at a significantly high altitude back to his country

Heart care programme set up with SingHealth Polyclinics

First left ventricular reconstructive surgery performed

First heart failure programme established in Singapore

First percutaneous lead extraction in Singapore using the electrosurgical dissection shealth system

First left ventricular assist device explantation in Singapore and Southeast Asia

First biventricular assist device implantation in Singapore and Southeast Asia

A cumulative total of 15,000 cardiac surgeries performed since 1981

First drug eluting stent implantation in Singapore and Asia during the 11th Singapore LIVE Course